Tuscola County promotes recycling during holidays

Published 10:59 am, Monday, April 25, 2016

The holidays offer many opportunities to reduce, reuse, and recycle. This is a great opportunity to buy gifts that benefit the environment.

These could include memberships in environmental organizations, handmade and homemade gifts, gardening items or long lasting environmental gifts like a solar battery charger with rechargeable batteries, water conserving shower heads or ceramic mugs.

For kids, consider giving rechargeable batteries, a camping trip or a gift certificate to a museum.

Use recycled and reusable materials in your gift wrapping and packaging. Buy recycled content wrapping paper, use popcorn for packing and reuse your packing materials. You can also use reused, and reusable boxes, baskets, bags and tins.

Old cards can be recycled into creative gift tags. If you are entertaining, send invitations on recycled paper, buy in bulk and use reusable dishes and utensils. If you need paper products, buy products made from recycled paper. Set up an area to recycle cans, bottles and other recyclables at your holiday party. Please remember that wrapping paper is not recyclable. Try to be creative in using reusable materials for your gift-wraps. You may contact Tuscola County Recycling Center for more great gift ideas by calling (989) 672-1673 or email recycle@tuscolacounty.org.

The Recycling Center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Saturday of each month.